OBSERVER Photo by M.J. Stafford Dunkirk library Director Jason Hammond says the impacts of COVID-19 continue to affect the institution and its building.

April 2023 books in honor and memory have been announced by the Dunkirk Public Library.

HONOR

In honor of Robert N. Baldwin

Venison, Souto

In honor of Rebecca Conti and Andrea Gestwicki

Wombat Said Come In, Deedy

In honor of Alice Mekus Britt

Can I Be Your Dog?, Cummins

Tucker at the Ritz, Arst

Maisy’s Surprise Birthday Party, Cousins

Pinkalicious Happy Birthday!, Kann

MEMORIALS

In memory of Melanie Rae Bucklin

The Stolen Slippers, De La Cruz

Snow Foal: Some Bonds Can Never Be Broken

Tell Me a Story, Please, Hara

The Little Things, Dodd

K is for Kindness, Horiuchi

When You Open a Book, Derlatka

The Hugasaurus, Bright

Stacey’s Remarkable Book, Abrams

Max Can Read! Wells

In memory of Frances Cole

Before Your Memory Fades, Kawaguchi

The Cookie Bible, Beranbaum

In memory of Karen Corsi

Giuseppe’s Italian Bakes, Dell’anno

The Stranger Vanishes, Staub

Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe, Colgan

In memory of Natalie Gavin

The Well-Watered Woman, Saffles

Chicken Soup for the Soul-Miracles and the Unexplainable

In memory of Walter Jusko

Homestead Steel Mill, Stout

Seventeen and Oh, Fisher

In memory of Jeanne Lutz

Lessons at the School by the Sea, Colgan

The Sister Effect, Mallery

In memory of Richard McDonald

The House of Wolves, Patterson (audiobook)

In memory of Jeanne Pagano

Sister Spring, Carroll

In memory of David Polowy

House of Wolves, Patterson

The Passenger, McCarthy

In memory of Alojzy “Al” Poweski

The Boys from Biloxi, Grisham

Go Bills, Marino

Clive Cussler the Sea Wolves, DuBrul

In memory of Michael Puglisi

If Anything Happens I Love You, McCormack

Lore Olympus, Smythe

In memory of Ron “Moony” Rys

Fore, The Love of Golf, Kriva

Goodnight, My Golf, Spruza

In memory of Shirley Scott

From the Tops of the Trees,Yang

Evergreen, Cordell

Wonder Dogs! Ashman

Once Upon a Book, Lin

Blue Bison Needs a Haircut, Rothman

Wutaryoo, Magruder

Pick a Pumpkin, Toht

Hedgehog Needs a Hug, Betton

The Three Little Guinea Pigs, Perl

Little Blue Truck’s Valentine, Schertle

Fantastic Bureau of Imagination, Montague

The World and Everything in It, Henkes

What Do You Do With a Stick, Yolen

My Mum is the Best, Bluey

The Swing, Teckentrup

Twenty Questions, Barnett

The Windeby Puzzles, Lowry

Under the Same Sky, Techentrup

Three Hens, A Peacock & the Enormous Egg, Laminack

Good Morning, Good Night, Lobel

Rabbit, Duck & Big Bear, Brun-Cosme

Sleepy Sheepy, Cummins

Mother Winter, Carroll

The Umbrella, Ferry

How to Catch a Garden Fairy, Walstead

In Memory of Carol Sutton

Without a Trace, Steel

The Fortune of Jaded Women, Huynh

A Feather on the Water, Ashford

The Whittiers, Steel

Someone Else’s Shoes, Moyes

Maureen: A Harold Fry Novel, Joyce

Long Way Home, Austin

Little Souls, Dallas

The Ways We Hide, McMorris

A Wish for Winter, Shipman

Dawnlands, Gregory

Best of Friends, Shamsie

The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks, Robinson

The Christmas Hummingbird, Bunn

A Christmas Memory, Evans

Quilt of Souls: A Memoir, Elmore

The Matchmaker’s Gift, Loigman

In memory of Craig Sutton Sr

The Revolutionary Samuel Adams, Schiff

Inventing the American Flag, Moeller

The Flag, The Cross & The Station Wagon, McKibben

The House at the End of the World, Koontz

The Devil’s Ransom, Taylor

Tom Clancy Red Winter, Cameron

In Memory of Thomas F. Wlodarek

Her Deadly Game, Dugoni

In memory of Donald Zacarias

Lincoln, the Fire of Genius, Kent